Famous Deaths In 1848

Jan 05 In the year 1848 ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73  

Jan 09 In the year 1848 death of caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750)  

Jan 20 Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786) died on this day in history.  

Feb 15 In the year 1848 death of hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771)  

Feb 20 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

Feb 23 John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 in the year 1848.  

Mar 03 On this day in history heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies  

Mar 20 Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 on this day in history.  

Mar 29 John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 in the year 1848.  

Apr 08 In the year 1848 domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50  

Apr 10 On this day in history godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69  

Apr 24 On this day in history francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69  

Apr 30 In the year 1848 friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53  

May 11 On this day in history death of tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)  

May 18 In the year 1848 william A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF  

May 25 Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797) died in the year 1848.  

May 31 On this day in history death of eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805)  

Jun 27 On this day in history death of denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54  

Jul 04 Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies in the year 1848.  

Jul 22 On this day in history karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60  

Aug 06 Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58 in the year 1848.  

Aug 07 On this day in history death of jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779)  

Aug 09 Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies in the year 1848.  

Aug 12 George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 15 Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 in the year 1848.  

Sep 11 Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1848.  

Oct 04 On this day in history louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82  

Oct 05 In the year 1848 death of joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781)  

Oct 26 Vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies in the year 1848.  

Oct 27 Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

Nov 09 Robert Blum, German MP (Liberal), executed died in the year 1848.  

Nov 10 Christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (b. 1786) died in the year 1848.  

Nov 15 P Rossi, Italian, murdered died on this day in history.  

Nov 17 Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924) was born in the year 1848.  

Jan 04 Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet  

Jan 09 In the year 1848 birth of princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)  

Jan 18 In the year 1848 birth of ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925)  

Jan 19 On this day in history birth of john F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904)  

Jan 21 Henri Duparc, French composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 22 Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages) was born in the year 1848.